Wormrot

Rolling Stones Magazine described Wormrot’s latest release ”HISS” (2022) as one of the best metal releases of the year. To understand this Singaporean band’s most unlikely journey to arrive on a list comprising the likes of Megadeth and Ozzy Osbourne, one must look back to the start where an equally unlikely signing started it all. Earache Records signed their very first Asian act in Wormrot within 2 weeks of Digby Pearson’s chance encounter of an online mixtape back in 2009. Fresh faced and straight out of national service, the trio consisting of Rasyid (Guitar), Arif (Vocals), and Fitri (Drums), found themselves with a global record deal. 

Now back to the original lineup that started it all, Wormrot is geared to claim a place atop Grind’s pinnacle. Perhaps Kerrang Magazine put it best, that ‘Wormrot can grind faces with the best of them, but they also bring in a host of other elements and their own unique flavour’.